avalanche
Example Sentences
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Much of the economic health of the entertainment industry trades — Variety, the Hollywood Reporter, etc. — rely on the avalanche of ad spending and free content that comes from Oscar campaigning.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
"So when we had a lot of snow in January, there was a high avalanche risk."
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
It is unlikely there will be an avalanche of new streaming deals but miners could look at it as an option to create value from existing assets, they write.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
The decisions will help determine the direction of an economy that powered through an avalanche of change in 2025 and emerged in the new year on a better-than-expected footing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
It did seem as though the fire in him was smothered, the thunder and the avalanche, the war cry and the whirlwind, all stamped out.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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